5 Tracks—Recreaonal, Technical, Cave, Professional, Commercial

Recommended Recreaonal Track

Open Water Diver Dive to 18 metres in Open Water

First Knowledge Review and Dive 1 of Five “Speciales”

Advanced Open Water Diver
 Deep Diver Mandatory = 30 metres
 Underwater Navigator mandatory
 PPB (for Victorian and Wreck)
 Dri) (Victorian condions)
 Night (winter, between equinoxes)
 U/W Naturalist (summer, between equinoxes)
 Wreck (subject to accessibility)
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Enriched Air Diver Can Dive on EANx— Wreck and Deep

Peak Performance Bouyancy Skills for Wreck, Dive 2 a)er AOW

Skills for Wreck, we do a lot of Night Diving

Night Diver

Wreck Diver Penetrate Wreck (“Closed” Water)

Deep Diver Dive to 40 metres in Open Water

Sidemount Diver If you don’t want twins! Also Cave and wreck.

Rescue Diver Save your family, prerequisite for Divemaster

House Rules
 ALL PAPERWORK STAYS HERE!
 PLEASE PROVIDE A PASSPORT PHOTO PRIOR TO THE END OF THE COURSE
 WE ARE ON A TIGHT SCHEDULE! There is no spare time unless we say so
 GO TO THE TOILET ONE LAST TIME BEFORE PUTTING THE WETSUIT ON
 UNATTENDED TANKS MUST BE LAID DOWN
 MASK ON YOUR FACE OR AROUND YOUR NECK
 MASK PLACED INSIDE FOOT POCKET OF A FIN WHEN NOT IN USE
 SNORKEL OR REGULATOR IN YOUR MOUTH ON THE SURFACE AT ALL TIMES
 WEIGHTBELTS DONE UP WHEN NOT IN USE
 WEIGHTBELTS ARE NOT TO BE PUT IN THE TUBS
 FINS TO BE PLACED ON TOP OF THE TUB
 DUST CAP TO BE DRIED AND PLACED ON THE REGULATOR FIRST STAGE AFTER USE
 YOU ARE NOT TO REMAIN UNDERWATER WITHOUT AN INSTRUCTOR OR DIVEMASTER PRESENT
 STAY IN THE ALLOCATED LANES IN THE POOL
 DON’T SWIM THROUGH OTHER SCUBA CLASSES
 BUDDY CHECKS TO BE DONE AT THE START OF EACH DIVE
 SAFETY, SAFETY, SAFETY! HALF OF SCUBA-RELATED ACCIDENTS OCCUR BETWEEN GETTING OUT
OF THE CAR AND MAKING A DESCENT!

Forks in the road - Rent or Buy – John’s advice

 Purchase small ticket items first – mask, snorkel, booties, fins, weights, (weight belt)
 Club members half-price hire
 Wetsuit – will last at least 200 dives or more with proper care and some minor repairs
 BCD or Wing – with integrated weight system, no need for weight-belt
 Gauges – combo with small computer and separate compass OR SPG and dive computer
 Regulators – 1st, 2nd and AAS
 Tank – at least 15 dives per year
 Dive all year round – neoprene socks, internal thermals, neoprene vests, thicker 9mm hood,
4th element gloves
 Then what?
o Fanatical Recreational – Lots of diving, twin tanks or Sidemount, Drysuit
o Technical – Diving deeper than 40 metres, Decompression dives
o Cave diver – More tanks, training in Mt Gambier, SA
o Professional, Commercial

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lmk3m4ru2gfv1kj/PADI%20courses.pdf?dl=0
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-V2RexSTMfkBRj9Mf6Oae7OHcRYjkLDg/view?usp=sharing
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